World Polychaeta Database - Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997

Polychaeta taxon details

Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997

AphiaID

393677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393677)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Psammolyce articulata Day, 1960 accepted as Heteropelogenia articulata (Day, 1960) (type by original designation)

Parent

Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919

Original name

Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997

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Species Heteropelogenia articulata (Day, 1960)
Species Heteropelogenia japonica Imajima, 2006

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 84 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine.

Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393677 on 2026-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-04-24 15:27:42Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2012-11-22 21:44:22Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2023-03-28 18:55:23Z

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Gil, João

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original description Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 84 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Pelogeniinae with dorsal cirri on segment HI, with styles about as long as cirrophores. Neuropodia of segment II without long terminal appendages. Neuropodia of segment III with digitiform presetal extensions. Compound falcigerous neurosetae with blades long and short, mostly with bifid tips. Prostomium with bulbous ctenidia. Upper lip with facial tubercle. Elytral and neuropodial filiform papillae articulated. (Pettibone, 1997) [details]

Etymology Heteropelogenia is named for 'hetero' (different), plus Pelogenia, indicating some differences from Pelogenia. Gender feminine. [details]

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